Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7093 points
8045 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9522 points
9968 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6319 points
7475 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6131 points
7363 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7705 points
7814 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.14 points
208.48 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8582 points
11901 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2114 points
2228 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
22
37% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
Identical
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
18 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

184th of 1,089
148th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-11700 vs Core Ultra 9 185H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 185H beats the Core i7-11700 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-11700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11700. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700. According to our data, the Core i7-11700 and Core Ultra 9 185H have the same clock speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 185H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-11700. The Core Ultra 9 185H also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-11700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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